Edinburgh station opens a new cafe and public facing studio in Leith

Edinburgh’s online community radio station EHFM has opened a new cafe complete with public-facing studio.

After six years of broadcasting from multi-arts venue Summerhall, EHFM will move their operations to a unit on Great Junction Street, previously Spilt Milk, under the new name Ground Floor.

Located above a complex of rehearsal spaces, recording studios and retailer Drum Central — the cafe will be operated by EHFM, with all the profits going towards funding the community radio station’s activities.

Ground Floor will also accommodate EHFM’s new custom-built, soundproofed studio which will host the station’s broadcasts and podcast recording facilities from Thursday 1st August. Situated inside the cafe, the new studio allows the public to watch the radio in action as they drink their coffee.

Ground Floor launches today for sit-in and takeaway. It will be open seven days a week, serving specialty coffee, pastries and an exclusive topped focaccia offering provided by local restaurant Alby’s.

EHFM will begin broadcasting from their new studio on Thursday 1st August.

EHFM co-founder and Director Jamie Pettinger says: “After six years of broadcasting from Summerhall, this feels like a new chapter for the station. We hope that the move will allow our listeners to engage with us more in the real world, and the cafe can provide a stable source of income in these financially uncertain times.

“We’re so excited to situate ourselves in the creative community of Leith, an area in which many of our presenters are already very active. It feels like such a natural move for us!”